Koh Lipe

Hello from Koh Lipe! We’ve been here for two weeks now, and the internet is slow and expensive, hence the late update on the blog. Apologies! We arrived at the height of peak season, so at first we had a little trouble finding accommodation. In fact, we’ve finally just settled into our dream bungalow: it’s one of only six on this small beautiful beach away from the crowds and the main drag, it’s right on the beach, has it’s own hammock, and is fairly secluded. We love it!

What have we been doing the last two weeks? Well, there’s not much to do on this little island, and that was part of the appeal. We’ve both been reading a LOT of books (me, 6 so far!), doing the usual beach affair of swimming, snorkeling, tanning (I’m brown, Guido’s spotted), and eating of course. It’s been fun and relaxing, but truthfully, I’m just about ready to leave Lipe. It’ll be sad to go, but I think we need to move on in our travel adventures. Guido will tell you more…

Hope everyone is doing well! Take care – Willierose

Lipeee! Really beautiful spot, I must say. I especially like our new bungalow, it’s gorgeous. Been snorkeling pretty much every day here, sometimes 3 times in one day. You can just swim out from any beach and there are coral reefs wherever you go. So far I’ve seen 3 sea horses, a moray eel, thousands of clownfish (Nemos!), lots of pufferfish (fugu-chan), a beautiful and highly poisonous sea snake, entire forests of coral etc. I’m toying with the idea of going diving, too, but’s a fairly pricey affair..2800 baht (about $85) but since Willierose still owes me a Chrissy present.. J

In a few days, my friends Reto and Petra will arrive here, too. Petra should be in the air as I type this actually and there shall be much rejoicing when they get here. I haven’t seen Petra in 3 years (not counting countless Skype sessions, esp. when Kete-chan was still in J-Land).

Alas, our visa will expire on the 26th, so we have to get out of here soon. After much debate, we decided to go to Malaysia for a week, since we’re really close to the border down here. We’ll take the train down to Penang first and hang out in Georgetown and then head on down to Kuala Lumpur, from where we’ll take the plane to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, hang out there for a bit and then to Oz on the 7th. Phew! Lots of countries in less than 2 weeks.

Over and out,

Guido

PS - pictures will be posted as soon as we find cheaper and faster internet, probably not for another week or so....